Ode To Joy is an interesting case for me.
in the 50's and early 60's, NBC News on TV used Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 2nd Movement, Molto Vivace, as their theme music. i heard it every night. i have to say it grew on me but i never knew it's musical context or anything about Beethoven. years later i connected the dots and it was an early musical touchstone when i was entering classical music. as it is to this day. it grabs me like LZ, the Stones, or the Beatles. likely my #1 symphony movement. it's my music.
these days well recorded digital classical music gets played on my system, and i typically will let it play a few times for the sound and for me to 'get it' somewhat. then i might explore more from that composer. it's so easy to do this with streaming. there are no barriers. i might search a higher rez download once i hear and like the 16/44 streaming file. higher rez does matter to my ears.
I loved Beethoven’s 9th from the very first exposure and it is always to me just compelling, it is also my essential music because it relates the feeling of release that joy brings after the periods of the darkness, that joyful expansion is just intoxicating, hearing it is a buzz.
I also get the high res for anything I want to listen again and again and that streaming is all about discovery and lately streaming has gotten better and surprisingly getting closer to hi res but yes it is always good to invest in the music and the performers by buying a copy as well.